12:09 AM,
Sep. 26, 2012

In April, FBI and DEA agents seized boxes labeled "patient files" from the Florence office of Dr. Gary Shearer and loaded them into a rental truck.

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Following the deaths of 14 of his patients from prescription drug overdoses, a Northern Kentucky doctor has had his medical license suspended and is the subject of a federal criminal investigation.

The Kentucky Board of Medical Licensure suspended Dr. Gary Shearer's license on Monday after it found his practice constituted a danger to the health, welfare and safety of his patients or the general public. The 14 patients, who died in the past three years, ranged in age from 30 to 59.

The medical board began investigating Shearer in November after discovering he was one of the top prescribers in ...